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fsflover on Aug 27, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: Nuclear reactors a mile underground promise safe, ...

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Did I miss some big news about easy recycling solar panels?

oezi on Aug 27, 2024 [–]

Solar waste is similar to Nuclear per energy created:

https://ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/1-s2.0-S09596526220213...

Much lower than fossils. Magnitudes lower than municipal waste or other e-waste.

From https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S095965262...

fsflover on Aug 28, 2024 | [–]

Thanks, TIL.

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